The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-07

hide hunters haven't mt lett score o. the anil
basng my time have haa several YER .,s SiSss
call I eyer got wac AZ, the means OF saving ny ny
ns SeMssS Rans ss and ER5sS nss5
between tho Republican aud the solomon
kiysr There was famous grazing
they waa.ed d meat. have seen herds IN that
sSS w anS vRoR Covered az s
as the eye could sec. ~,,
,b Msat %S sns ss%Red 2 b a9shi IN VIA
state ana ought TO get sceTst9med 70 ssornhs s
Is th a Sn oond
ten thousand buffaioes, ! have known the
howl Of q wolf to set . big herd in motion; "A
to ' scare al them half to death. although you
would argue that. they would get used TO H..
a eoad Tia ssss %ane ssa and
senses senses After herd had fairly started, terror
and Il was the devil seize the last one. Then
It. was woe to the pioneer s, 10Th or hS WtS.
on the Loup Fork Of the Platte River. an emf,
grant camp which had been run over over p Hynd z
twenty flour people. with about thirty head q
horses and cattle. The rushing, terror-strioke4
%as seeS or rn swsnas minutes passns Only
one human being escapedIn man who was
carried on On ths back r. buU and si Iss e.
OF the camp about noon Of that day and there
Wnah opDnS 81 GAINED 81 nass
earth wiped ont. The remains
But as to nv. own adventure, There were
Kinds Hs u 81 and doos
rSdstIns IL that county: they dS not GEL p e
H sss.y " Sss
gpo Hoa and nS
of fsss thar twenty .iSe would have hsstats S
and b 9es sp on Rs SaS T Seen
1 Sn%S ~
ACTIONS q The animals that somethina was Tn
ss %sss; iSj;sss
an indian viii disturb the bafiatoes sooner
than thnt OF the white man. We couldn't say
to n attaok u.s. Or hunting party lowering On
the flanks Of the great herd, but We made all
/ have spoken Of the second grove. It was
composed Of q few stpnted sottonwoods. and
was in no sense shelte5 Now this is what
{ndns their
in this little grove. calculating to sweep down
ons e%s as fH ssy oaE 45a
srs r E s Ss 1or hsz m x2s
coming day. and ive minutes more would have
herd, which had been gathering to the north q
,s. began . stampede. The sentinel hoard
Il rem at the first start IT. on and roqsed us up,
vii 1t was up better than we did. but they. were
tS low. WittHd tor the occasion. His policy
ehou.' ID have been to charge US. he might have
tts
known our str,ngth. and 60. after spending the
psrss % %la ut Shs soaS
ass ss psM 81
started when q arst Pudaioss we're q sisht.
horns rub bling. md feet making 2 great elatter.
and while, We. Looked we saw the war party
SMd'LE is NON ent later an Old eul dashed
r. ssE j. s. si%SsPS
was secure only the five largest, trees in the
grove were standing. All others had been up
Footed By contact; and three Crippled animals
horses. camp. every thing went IN two minutes.
The noise was ten 1tmes more deafentng than
n hurricane at sea, a nd the terror Of the ami
mff have Sss ca soa ron. Of the herd
the depth must have be en- when tell you that
they were three hours is. passing Every AMI ami;
not have been less than 1en miles an hour. I
shouldn't hesitate to mako affidavit that the
mails ran ran, as we aiterwald knew: fully forty
us was sight to behold. There. were at least
ibo dead or crippled amin a ls. In eli, sight and
ksa cut E the very life out 81 prairie 81 ali
our camp eQuipage We could not find one soil.
e our e. s1 rses had been trampei within
less than mile Of the grove. aud their bodies
were sights no one could look at twice. We
spread out to see what fate had befallen the
ina ans, aud We did not have 70 60 faF They
earth. A member Of the same tribe, with
whom I talkpd year later, told me that not
one survived. and the loss had aluost demoral-
Lied the tribe.